Students reportedly sentenced to two months for hawking fuel & constituting a nuisance in Abuja

A male student and his female partner have been
sentenced to two months imprisonment, each, by
an Abuja Grade 1 Area Court for hawking fuel in
a jerry can along Abuja-Kubwa expressway, an act
which constitutes an embarrassment to the
Government.
According to the prosecutor, a team of police
officers apprehended & arrested the accused,
bringing them to the police station with 55 litres
of fuel in their possession.
They publicly hawked fuel in front of NIPCO filling
station, along Kubwa expressway, having known
that the practice has been prohibited within the
FCT.
According to Daily Trust , Eze Onyedikachi and
Omowunmi Job were convicted for perpetuating
nuisance, an offence that contradicts section 199
of the Penal Code. They pleaded guilty to the
charges against them and were sentenced to two
months imprisonment each, by Judge Mohammed
Marafa, with an option of paying N2,000 fine
each.